Sunday, 18 April 2010

Corsica - A water park for grown ups

With Easter fast approaching a plan was formed to head to Corsica for a cheap 5 days paddling in th birthplace of creek boating. The crew was Rob Moffat, Stu Martindale, Tom Venebles and Me all from OUCKC.
It absolutely lived up to its reputation, Corsica is awesome, everywhere you look perfect drops and slides, combine this with cheap wine and plentiful brie it made a great trip.
Gravona: We wanted to do the Liamone but it was too low so we hit the Gravona as a consolation/warm up - it actually proved to be a fun little river with some nice moves, but nothing challenging.
Rizzanese: This year could be the last year of the Rizzanese before it is flooded by a damn project at the get out so we were super keen to get on and paddle it before it goes, tragically, forever. And what a river with big attractions including a 10m drop it would be easy to forget how fun the rest of it was. Did walk the 50/50 drop though, but that should still be there hopefully.


Travo: - Bravo! Sweet Slides
Codi: Hahaha I love this river, genuinly I think its one of the best rivers Ive ever paddled. It starts off with what looks like a ditch descending very steeply into a wooded valley, and thats how it continues, around every corner we found a 2-3m drop with a good move.
Rob Moffat rock bashes his way through the gap

With no swims and no drama come the last day something had to go on, so it was inevitable to wake up on our last day to a car that refused to start. A call to the rescue services in broken french got us going again, with enough time for a final sprint down the Rizzanese.

Corsica's an amazing place, I cant wait to head back next year.
Cheers to Kayak Session for their video guide.